America Ferrera and Showrunners from "Power", "Underground", and "The Affair" Talk Diversity

America Ferrera talked about the diversity on her show,
which is set in a fictional big-box retail outlet. The actress joined the
series as a non-writing producer when she was cast. She noted that when she
read the script, she was intrigued that her character and others were not
written as any specific ethnicity.

"You get used to reading scripts where if there
isn’t ethnicity specified, it defaults white,” she said. The show’s focus on
diversity extends to the writers room. "You can’t make a show about working in
a superstore with a room full of white guys from Ivy League schools. You can
have some white guys from Ivy League schools, but not all.”